Hideo Yokoyama
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Hideo Yokoyama (横山 秀夫 Yokoyama Hideo, born 1957) is a Japanese novelist.
Yokoyama specialized in mystery novels. He worked constantly during the first three days of 2003 and received a heart attack and subsequent hospitalization on the fourth.[1]
He repeated his Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! No. 1 ranking in 2013 with 64 Rokuyon (64).
He is known for his career as journalist for the Jomo Shimbun, the regional paper in Gunma.
Works in English translation
- Short story
- Motive (original title: Dōki), trans. Beth Cary (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2008)
Awards
- 1998 - Matsumoto Seicho Prize: Kage no Kisetsu (Season of Shadows)
- 2000 - Mystery Writers of Japan Award for Best Short Story: Motive
- 2003 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2003): Han'ochi (Half a Confession)
- 2013 - The Best Japanese Crime Fiction of the Year (Kono Mystery ga Sugoi! 2013): Rokuyon (64 [2])
Bibliography
Novels
- Deguchi no Nai Umi (出口のない海), 1996
- Han'ochi (半落ち), 2002
- Kuraimāzu hai (Climber's High) (クライマーズ・ハイ), 2003
- Rupan no Shōsoku (ルパンの消息), 2005
- Shindo Zero (震度0), 2005
- Rokuyon (64), 2012
Short story collections
- Kage no Kisetsu (陰の季節), 1998
- Dōki (動機), 2000
- Kao (顔), 2002
- Fukaoi (深追い), 2002
- Shinsō (真相), 2003
- Kagefumi (影踏み), 2003
- Kanshugan (看守眼), 2004
- Rinjō (臨場), 2004
- Rinjō Special Book (臨場スペシャルブック), 2010
Film adaptations
- Half a Confession (2004) (Han'ochi)
- Deguchi no Nai Umi (2006)
- Climber's High (2008) (Kuraimāzu hai)
- Rinjō (2012)
References
- ↑ "Affairs of the heart." Asia Africa Intelligence Wire. December 27, 2003. Retrieved on February 18, 2009.
- ↑ J'Lit | Publications : 64 | Books from Japan (English)
External links
- Hideo Yokoyama at J'Lit Books from Japan (English)
- Doki (translated into Mandarin Chinese) - Google Books
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